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Guidelines on Integrated Economic Statistics

The motivating source of developing guidance for the operational use of an integrated approach to economic statistics in national statistical programmes has been the benefits of integrated economic statistics for nationally and internationally coordinated economic policy. The methodological and practical guidelines in this publication respond to the recognized need for an integrated approach to increase the coherence and consistency of basic economic statistics for enhancing the quality and analytical value of both basic economic statistics and macroeconomic statistics. The Guidelines build upon international standards manuals by describing principles and detailed practices for further increasing the consistency and coherence of economic data within countries, over time, and across countries.

General framework for integrated economic statistics

The general framework for integrated economic statistics as set out in the present guidelines is based on the fundamentals of the statistical infrastructure of a national statistical system and applies the best practices of modern business architecture. The general framework is applicable to statistical systems at different stages of statistical development that may have centralized or decentralized models of operation.